> At the Stars at Night Panel at Convulsion, Alex Ferguson discussed this
> very thing.
Alex didn't say a thing. Alex thought it was all very hush-hush. Alex was just about sworn to secrecy. However, Greg respectively did, didn't, and wasn't, so I guess I can now blab my mouth off too. ;-)
> I pretty sure he is involved in a java based ephemeris. He
> has been quizing Greg and modeling his answers.
That's correct, though actually Stephen Martin has been doing most of the Quizzing, and one Mr. Tines, whom some of you may recall from his spell on the Digest some time ago (while I was Away, which I assure you is Mere Coincidence), has done the vast majority of the programming. I'm something of a Deppity Dawg in both departments.
> I don't know what stage the project is at
Well, it Does Stuff, but it's not consistent with Greg's picture of how the Sky really works. Recall Greg's "upturned bowl balanced on a pencil" image? Well, it works exactly unlike that. ;-) (Now personally, I think the way it currently works is a _lot_ more sensible, but no-one is really asking me, sadly.)
Steve styopa, whose surname I can never recall at times like this:
> WILL there be an Issaries official version, or is this "potentially speaking"?
I don't think there's talk as such of an _official_ version -- it's just a matter of getting it Authorised, same as with any other fannish Gloranthan "product". (Though it's possible there's a valid get-out in the distinction been something appearing on a web site and "actual publication", but I don't pretend to have a firm grasp on such legal nuances, much less a plan involving exploiting them.)
Basically, the appearance of this is contingent on several things happening, like i) someone finishing writing it; ii) it being right; and iii) Greg noting thing ii), and then Authorising (or Officialising, whichever) it. Or at any rate, there being some sort of understanding about ISP issues, whether it be actually right or wrong in some ultimate cosmic Gloranthocentric sense.
This sounds simple enough, I know, but i) and ii) are, I know for a fact not done. (At the very least, not quite done, possibly very not done.) In order for iii) to happen, Greg has to look at the thing, which is easier said than done.
Slainte,
Alex.
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